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Policy
ideas • debate • opinion
Volume 30 No. 3 • Spring 2014
CONTENTS
FEATURES
3 In Defence of the Nation-State
Václav Klaus
By relentlessly attacking the state, have classical
liberals paved the way for a new kind of tyranny?
8 Coase Looks at China
Pedro Schwartz
At the end of his life, the great economist found
new support for his theories in a surprising place.
13 Research Snapshot: Childcare
Trish Jha
Is the evidence really there for new quality regulations
for the childcare industry?
16 How Think Tanks Work
Jeremy Sammut
Child protection: a case study in how independent
think tanks can change the debate.
21 Copyright in the Internet Age
Patrick Barkachi
Copyright reform needs to strike a delicate balance,
and the current proposals don’t quite.
27 Research Snapshot: Preventive Health
Helen Andrews
‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’?
In health care, that’s not always true.
30 The Importance of Being Moral
Angus Kennedy
The dark side of modern ‘non-judgmentalism’.
COMMENT
37 A New Look for Migration Policy?
Asher Judah
The number one thing Australia’s immigration policy
needs right now is flexibility.
SYMPOSIUM
40 Books of the Year 2014
The CIS Staff
The staff of the Centre for Independent Studies list
the best books they read in the past year.
BOOK REVIEWS
43 Australia and the Vietnam War:
The Essential History
By Peter Edwards
Reviewed by Trisha Jha
45 Asia’s Cauldron:
The South China Sea and
the End of a Stable Pacific
By Robert D. Kaplan
Reviewed by Benjamin Herscovitch
46 The Art of Belonging:
It’s Not Where You Live, It’s How You Live
By Hugh Mackay
Reviewed by Peter Kurti
48 The Nannies: 2014 nanny state awards